Today people from Williamsburg and Marlboro Counties protested having megadumps in South Carolina on the Statehouse steps. The groups found support from State Senators Leventis (Sumter) and Malloy (Hartsville). Malloy introduced a bill today that would put a moratorium on all new landfills and landfill expansions until 2011.
Governor Sanford has proposed a $3/ton tipping fee on all out-of-state garbage coming into the state's landfills. He wants to bring revenue into the state, while the higher fee should discourage waste from other states.
Read more at SC Now
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